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Committee backs ordinance to shift police training to field training officer model
Summary
On Jan. 14, 2025, the Public Safety Committee voted to send Ordinance 2025-01 to Beaumont with a positive recommendation. The ordinance would reposition the Hendersonville Police Department’s field training responsibilities from the existing Master Patrol Officer (MPO) structure to a Field Training Officer (FTO) model.
On Jan. 14, 2025, the Public Safety Committee voted to send Ordinance 2025-01 to Beaumont with a positive recommendation. The ordinance would reposition the Hendersonville Police Department’s field training responsibilities from the existing Master Patrol Officer (MPO) structure to a Field Training Officer (FTO) model.
Committee members said the change is intended to reduce costs and increase flexibility in training new officers. “We identify people who are interested in performing the training instruction, and then making sure that they have proper, training to do that and are positioned to be able to do that, and then…
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